prae-tento or
prae-tento or praetempto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. To feel, search, or grope out beforehand, to examine previously, to estimate beforehand, anticipate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): praetentare baculo, luminis orbus, iter, Ov. Ib. 262: praetentat manu silvas, id. M. 14, 189: praetentat pollice chordas, id. ib. 5, 339: pedibus praetentat iter, Tib. 2, 1, 77: cochleae corniculis praetentant iter, Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101: sinum, Suet. Aug. 35: culcitis et stragulis praetentatis et excussis, id. Claud. 35: fato pericula vestra praetentate meo, Luc. 9, 397.— Trop., to test or try beforehand: vires, Ov. M. 8, 7: judicis misericordiam, Quint. 4, 1, 28.— To hold before one's self: praetentat pallia laevā, Claud. B. Gild. 438.— Trop., to make a pretext of: impia praetentans vulnera, Val. Fl. 6, 75.
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prae-tento or
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prae-tento or praetempto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. To feel, search, or grope out beforehand, to examine previously, to estimate beforehand, anticipate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): praetentare baculo, luminis orbus, iter, Ov. Ib. 262: praetentat manu silvas, id. M. 14, 189: praetentat pollice chordas, id. ib. 5, 339: pedibus praetentat iter, Tib. 2, 1, 77: cochleae corniculis praetentant iter, Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101: sinum, Suet. Aug. 35: culcitis et stragulis praetentatis et excussis, id. Claud. 35: fato pericula vestra praetentate meo, Luc. 9, 397.— Trop., to test or try beforehand: vires, Ov. M. 8, 7: judicis misericordiam, Quint. 4, 1, 28.— To hold before one's self: praetentat pallia laevā, Claud. B. Gild. 438.— Trop., to make a pretext of: impia praetentans vulnera, Val. Fl. 6, 75.
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